Ip Man From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia [2] Ip Man, also known as Yip Man, (Chinese: 葉問; 1 October 1893 – 2 December 1972), was a Chinese martial artist, and a master Ip Man teacher of Wing Chun. He had several students who later became martial arts masters in their own right. His most famous student was Bruce Lee. Contents 1 Early life 2 Life in Hong Kong 3 Death and legacy 4 In popular culture 5 Martial arts lineage Born 1 October 1893 Foshan, 6 References Guangdong, Qing China Died 2 December 1972 Early life (aged 79) Mong Kok, Ip Man was born to Yip Oi-dor and Wu Shui. He grew up in a wealthy family in Foshan, Guangdong, and received a traditional Chinese Kowloon, Hong education. His elder brother was Yip Kai-gak, his elder sister was Yip Wan-mei and his younger sister was Yip Wan-hum.[3] Kong[1] Throat cancer [4][5] Ip started learning Wing Chun from Chan Wah-shun when he was 7. Chan was 64 at the time, and Ip became Chan's last student. Other Yip Man, Due to his teacher's age, Ip learned most of his skills and techniques from Chan's second eldest disciple, Wu Chung-sok (吳仲素). Chan names Yip Kai-man, lived three years after Ip's training started and one of his dying wishes was to have Wu continue teaching Ip. Ye Wen At the age of 16, Ip moved to Hong Kong with help from his relative Leung Fut-ting. One year later, he attended school at St. Stephen's Residence Hong Kong [3] College—a secondary school for wealthy families and foreigners living in Hong Kong. During Ip's time at St. Stephen's he saw a Nationality Chinese foreign police officer beating a woman and intervened.[3] The officer attempted to attack Ip, but Ip struck him down and ran to school with his classmate. Ip's classmate later told an older man who lived in his apartment block. The man met with Ip and asked what Style Wing Chun martial art Ip practised. The man told Ip that his forms were "not too great".[3] The man challenged Ip's Wing Chun in chi sao (a form Teacher(s) Chan Wah-shun & of training that involves controlled attack and defence). Ip saw this as an opportunity to prove that his abilities were good, but was Wu Chung-sok (吳 defeated by the man after a few strikes. Ip's opponent revealed himself to be Leung Bik, Chan Wah-shun's senior and the son of Chan's 仲素), teacher, Leung Jan. After that encounter, Ip continued learning from Leung Bik. later Leung Bik Ip returned to Foshan when he was 24 and became a policeman.[3] He taught Wing Chun to several of his subordinates, friends and Rank Grandmaster relatives, but did not officially run a martial arts school. Some of his best known informal students were Chow Kwong-yue (周光裕), Years 1967-1972 Kwok Fu (郭富), Lun Kah (倫佳), Chan Chi-sun (陳志新), Xu He-Wei (徐和威) and Lui Ying (呂應). Among them, Chow Kwong-yue was said active to be the best, but he eventually went into commerce and stopped practising martial arts. Kwok Fu and Lun Kah went on to teach Occupation Martial artist students of their own and they passed down the art of Wing Chun in the Foshan and Guangdong region. Chan Chi-sun and Lui Ying went to Hong Kong later but neither of them accepted any students. Ip went to live with Kwok Fu during the Second Sino-Japanese Spouse Cheung Wing- War and only returned to Foshan after the war, where he continued his career as a police officer. Ip left Foshan for Hong Kong at the sing end of 1949 after the Chinese Communist Party won the Chinese Civil War because he was an officer of the Kuomintang (Nationalist (simplified Chinese: [6] Party), the Communists' rival in the Civil War. 张永成; traditional Chinese: 張永成; Life in Hong Kong pinyin: Zhāng Yǒngchéng; Initially, Ip Man's teaching business was poor because Ip's students typically stayed for only a couple of months. He moved his school Cantonese Yale: twice: first to Castle Peak Road in Sham Shui Po and then to Lee Tat Street (利達街) in Yau Ma Tei. By then, some of his students had jēung wíhng sìhng) attained proficiency in Wing Chun and were able to start their own schools. Some of his students and descendants sparred with other Notable Ip Chun (son; b. martial artists to compare their skills and their victories helped increase Ip's fame. relatives 1924), In 1967, Ip and some of his students established the Ving Tsun Athletic Association (詠春體育會).[7][8] The main purpose of the Ving Tsun Ip Ching (son; b. Athletic Association[9] was to help Ip tackle his financial difficulties in Hong Kong.[10] 1936) Notable [11] Ip Man was said to have regularly used opium. One of his former students, Duncan Leung, claimed that Ip used tuition money to students Bruce Lee, [12] support his opium addiction. Ip Chun, Ip Ching, Death and legacy Chu Shong Tin , Lok Yiu, Ip died on 2 December 1972 in his unit at 149 Tung Choi Street in Hong Kong,[1] from throat cancer, only 7 months before the death of Leung Sheung, Bruce Lee.[13] Wong Shun Leung, Ip's legacy is the global practice of Wing Chun. Ip Chun, the eldest son of Ip Man, is as passionate and relentless in keeping his father's William Cheung, Wing Chun kung fu legacy alive and in 2014 Ip Chun was selected to represent Wing Chun as the inheritor of the legacy of Wing Chun- Moy Yat, [14] style kung fu. Ip's notable students include: Leung Sheung, Lok Yiu, Chu Shong-tin, Wong Shun Leung, William Cheung, Bruce Lee, Lo Man Kam Moy Yat, Ho Kam Ming, Victor Kan, his nephew Lo Man Kam, his sons Ip Ching and Ip Chun, and his final closed-door student Leung Ting. Website www.ip- man.co.uk Ip also left behind a written history of Wing Chun.[15] Many artifacts of his life are on display in the "Yip Man Tong" museum in the Foshan Ancestral Temple grounds.[16] Ip Man In popular culture Ip Man, a Hong Kong film based on the life of Ip Man, starring Donnie Yen as the martial artist, was released in cinemas in 2008. The film takes a number of liberties with Ip's life, often for dramatic effect. Ip's eldest son Ip Chun appears in the film and served as a consultant on the production, which focuses on Ip's life during the 1930s to the 1940s during the Second Sino-Japanese War. The film is the "Ip Man" in Traditional (top) and Ip Man and Bruce Lee. first to be based on the life of Ip. Simplified (bottom) Chinese The sequel Ip Man 2 focuses on Ip's beginnings in Hong Kong and his students, including Bruce Lee. Ip characters Man has taught many other people. Amid a surge of Ip Man–related film projects in production, Donnie Yen Traditional Chinese 葉問 told the Chinese media in March 2010 that after Ip Man 2, he will no longer play the Wing Chun master. He stated, "I would never ever touch any films related to Ip Man. This will be my final film on the subject. Simplified Chinese 叶问 Whenever something becomes a success, everyone would jump on the bandwagon, this is very frightening. Transcriptions Did you know how many Ip Man films are in production? Under such condition, we would not progress, it'd Standard Mandarin only lead to over-saturation of the subject matter." Hanyu Pinyin Yè Wèn However a new film to the same series - Ip Man 3 - was released on 24 December 2015 having Donnie Yen Wade–Giles Yeh⁴ Wên⁴ again starring as the grandmaster of Wing Chun-Ip Man.[17] Tongyong Pinyin Yè Wùn Yu Chenghui played Ip Man in The Legend of Bruce Lee,[18] a 2008 Chinese television series based on the IPA [jê wə̂n] life story of Bruce Lee, who was one of Ip's students. Yue: Cantonese Another Hong Kong film based on Ip Man's life, called The Legend Is Born – Ip Man, was released in June Yale Romanization Yihp 2010. Herman Yau directed the film and it starred Dennis To as Ip Man. Ip Chun makes a special Mahn Yip Man's gravestone appearance in the film as Leung Bik. IPA [jìːp̚ mɐǹ ] Wong Kar-wai's The Grandmaster is a 2013 film starring Tony Leung as Ip Man. The film concentrates more Jyutping Jip6 Man6 on the end of an era in Chinese martial arts history as the Second Sino-Japanese War broke out. It was created in an almost Canton Yip6 Men6 biographical style, highlighting parts of history. In contrast with the other Ip Man–related projects, The Grandmaster is a more Romanization reflective film, focusing more on the musings and philosophies between martial arts and life, as well as Ip Man's journey through the early 1930s to the early 1950s. Yip Kai-man Traditional Chinese 葉繼問 The 2013 Hong Kong film Ip Man: The Final Fight, directed by Herman Yau and starring Anthony Wong as Ip Man, focuses on Ip's later life in Hong Kong. Ip Chun makes a cameo appearance in the film. This film also focuses on the loyalty of his pupils towards him. Simplified Chinese 叶继问 Transcriptions The 2013 Chinese television series Ip Man, based on Ip Man's life, was aired on the television network Astro On Demand between Standard Mandarin March and May 2013.